[Olpc-uk] OLPC Meeting Summary

[Peter Robinson]

Hi All,

> Enjoyed meeting all OLPC UK folks, really diverse and exciting backgrounds
> and skills...

Agreed

> I volunteered to kind of kick off looking at the OLPC uk site, which would
> ideally be fundamentally the starting point for all OLPC related content and
> info in the UK and further...This is primarily to start the discussion about
> what everyone wants.
>
> I've been having a fair trawl around the internets looking at existing OLPC
> sites and doing a kind of content audit to kick things off, and started
> drawing up a personal wishlist of content and channels which I will present
> at the next meeting, for you all to get stuck into.
>
> There's a fair amount of different communities we need to cater for
> (teachers, developers, casual browsers, potential advicates, parents, the
> press etc, etc, etc)  and I think there's a job in identifying how we can
> engage them and deliver what they need, encourage them to get involved (or
> point them in the right direction) without a tottaly hideous user journey
> and a total swamp of content...
>
> So, just a thought, is it worth creating a small team to start working on
> putting the site together who will meet independently as well as reporting
> back to the main group?
>
> We could look at setting up a Basecamp project (i;ve got a load of space on
> my account) and potentially building the whole thing via some free sfotware
> (Wordpress or Drupal anyone?), Pete you metioned about possibly sorting some
> server space...

Yes. I have a couple of servers where I can host stuff in the short
term, and might be able to get something more dedicated as stuff
grows. I've also had a quick look at available domain names but
haven't yet gone further. Looks like the obvious one of olpc.org.uk is
registered but unused so they might be willing to allow us to have it.

Peter